Draw lots

15/10/2008 (Wednesday)

a) Corner playing
l The kids chose their play. I did individual assessment for writing of numbers 1 until 50.

b) The helicopter terminology.
l The kids learnt to identify the words and its spelling for: propeller, door, window, tail and helicopter.
l Zi Yang argued that helicopters do not have 2 propellers but Ze Yan said there is. Usually private helicopters have got only 2 propellers. The bigger helicopters have got more propellers.
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c) Decorating the hat.
l the kids took some glue to paste onto their hats.
l They were quite cute. Then they added their Straw Propeller onto the hat.
l Max was enjoying spinning the propeller.

d) Boomerang
l Eugene brought a boomerang to school made by his father. Thanks again, Mr. Gan!
l Eugene explained what it was and how to throw it.
l The kids got excited and took turns to throw. They wanted to make theirs too.
l They learnt that a good boomerang would return to its owner after being thrown. The purpose is not to hurt people but probably as a protection. It is also a sport.

e) Cast Selection
l Since yesterday, the boys were already eager to be “BEN”. Some kids had chose their casts though. The volunteered casts were:
CRANES – Zi Jun and Jian Wei, TORTOISE – Zi Yang,
GIANT BUTTERFLIES – Le Xin, Xin Ru, Jin Nan, Shi Jie.
ROCKET – Jian Wei, CHANG ER – Yun Wen
l The other 8 kids agreed to do draw lots.
BEN – Wen Yue, KEVIN 11 – Zi Yang, FARMERS – Max, Ze Yan, Jun Hong,
NARRATOR 1 – Eugene, NARRATOR 2 – Justin, Hou Yi – Song Chuan
* Surprisingly, they were very co-operative and happy with their votes.

f) Role-Play
l We did the role-play. They were quite disciplined……I thought probably because “BEN 10” was in the drama. Zi Yang was funny. The girls always knew when to come in.
l Meanwhile, I trained Eugene and Justin separately for narrator cast.